Queensland Flooding and Complex Systems Failure
Modern life is built on infrastructure - but as the climate changes, how can we ensure that critical assets, such as roads, continue to be safe and resilient? In a project, funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, Dr Catherine Tilley works with colleagues from the University of Cambridge to create a longitudinal case study of the responses to flooding in Queensland, Australia, to see how critical institutions work together to recover infrastructure and build resilient communities. Their findings have important implications for system change, and in particular, the role of knowledge-sharing in building resilience.